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Permittee: <br />Permit #: M- 1977 -129 <br />Operation Name: WHITEWATER 500 PIT <br />Anniversary Date: 09/22/2011 <br />fluctuates as much as 3 feet leaving a 9 foot band of bank <br />slope above the normal lake level that does not support <br />vegetation. Whitewater plans to file a Technical Revision <br />this fall to address these minor landowner changes to the <br />approved Reclamation Plan. <br />See Map Sheet 2 of 2. No new sloping was done in the mined <br />parts of Stage 3 - PART B. The 1.70 acres completed last <br />year along the south side of the stage is stable. No <br />additional reclamation is required on areas north of the <br />river. <br />We estimate there is approximately 48,000 yards of <br />overburden stored in Stage 6 (not on map) and another <br />39,000 yards stored in Stage 3 - PART B (brown). These <br />piles are in a constant state of flux with material being <br />added and removed as needed. The settling ponds are still <br />being used to clean process water (dark blue). <br />Weed control continued this year in the areas around Phase <br />2- PARTS A & B and Stage 3 - PART A. We sprayed Knapweed and <br />White Top from April thru August in 2011 with water soluble <br />2 -4 -D and Curtails". A mowing program was also commenced to <br />aid in control. This is still an uphill battle since there <br />is little or no control taking place on properties <br />surrounding the mine and seed is being wind blown in from <br />offsite areas that we have no control over. Spraying will <br />continue as needed. The Government released beetles to <br />control the Tamarisk, it appears to be working. We <br />continue to monitor Tamarisk growth on the site and will <br />resume control work if it is warranted. <br />(3) Mining will continue in the stripped portions of Stage 3 - <br />PART B to supplement material being removed from the raw <br />material stockpile in Stage 6. Overburden will continue to <br />be stockpiled along the perimeter of the mined area. <br />(4) All bank sloping and grading is complete on areas mined to <br />date in Phase 2 - PART A. Additional seeding may be done as <br />needed on the seeded areas south of the river. We will <br />continue to slope around the mined area in Stage 3 - PART B <br />WHITI <br />